"DEFINITE CHECK-UP"

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19334, 26 May 1937, Page 4

"DEFINITE CHECK-UP"

WARRANTS OF FITNESS INSPECTOR'S WARNhVG "A definite check-up on the curs .in the Gisbornc district will bo iiiailc ;it the end of the month," said the borough traffic inspect or. .Mr. T. G. Nowell, when scon to-day in connection with the testing of cars for warrants of fitness. "Motorists have hail any amount of warning and there have been no prosecutions so far." Ho wanted people to have their cars attended to in their own interests rather than to have to prosecute I hem for operating their uncertificated vehicles. Further inquiries were made ill regard to the issue of the certificates and it was found that- although the period of congestion in the garages was now considerably reduced there were still a few vehicles going in for attention to make tlieni comply with the regulations. In many eases these vehicles were badly in need' of the repairs and it was thought that on that account the motorists had delayed action as long as possible. When asked if he thought the majority of the cars had been test-ed, a garage proprietor explained that the position was difficult to judge, because with the new motor year coming at the end of the month it was possible thai a large number of cars would be confined to their garages for the winter months and therefore escape the immediate requirements of the regulations.

It was learned that the garages were enjoying a brief respite from the pressure of work, prompted by the Kaster traffic combined with the testing for uV'rrants, 'but in September 'another cheek over will have to be given to all vehicles as that will be the start of the second six-monthly period. As far as could be ascertained, the majority of the testing had been completed.

The red official stickers of the Government have been affixed to a large number of cars and other vehicles coming under the regulations in Gisbornc, but judging by the number of vehicles that still do not bear that "pass word" many motorists will be put to the jnnonvenience of searching for their certificates when a raid is carried out by the traffic authorities. Mi-. Nowell already has made a request to drivers to have their certificates in a readily accessible position to avoid delay.